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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, A. EDWARDS, :of New I Iaven, in the county otNew-Haven, andState of Connecticut, have inventeda. new Inlproveinent inApparatus for Felling Trees; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection'with the accompanying drawings, and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to b e a. full, clear, and exact descriptionofthe same, and: which said'drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in

Figure 19a top view.

Figure 2, a side view.

Figure'S, a top view of the cutters enlarged.

i Figure 4, an end view ol'i the same; and, in

" Figure 5, e.' longitudinal central section of the same.

This invention` is designed for cutting trees, logs, or similar"cutting, which is `commonly done by use of the axe or common cross-eutsaw, and consists inthe peeuliarconstruetion and `arrangement of thecutters; and, in order to the clear understanding ot' my invention, aswell as to' enable others to construct the same, I will proceed to adescription thereof, as illustrated in. the accompanying drawings.

, A'is a frame, supported upon legs, B, so as to be set in a convenientposition relative to the thing to'bc out, and in order to adjust thesaid frame to any unevonness ot' the resting-surface, I ,place upon twoorimore ofthe icgsan auxiliary leghC,AA arranged so as to make the saidleg longer, 'as denoted in red, iig. 2, by sliding the leg C downward,and securing it in the proper position in any convenient manner.

i InV proper guides,.D, xed longitudinally -on the top of the frame, ,Iiarrange carriage, E, so as to, slide freely between the said guides, andmoved back andv forth therein by the turning` of a screw, F, which worksin a nut, Gr, onthe said carriage, or by other convenientcquivalcntdevice. To the said carriage E is vpivoted, at a, a lever, H,extending to the rear, is formed into a handle, I, by which the lever ismoved. The other end, J, is spread or made wider, as seen in fig. 1, andnroro clearly in figs. 3 and 4; and centrally'upon the saidv end J, bothabove and below, I arrange cutters, fl, corresponding to each other,which act as and may bc properly termed spuicutters, and may be madeadjustable, as seen in tig. 3, so Vas to protrude a greater or lessdistance beyond the end ofthe head J, andthe said en d, J, is providedat its twopoints,f, with cutters, z', (see figs. 3 and 4,)'and the headJ formed sothat the position of: the cutters z', relative to thespur-cutters d, is such that when the lever I-I is'moved to the right'and left, the cutters t' w ill follow in the path cnt by thespur-cutters d, and so that the spur-cutters, in one movement to theright, the cutter in its rear will, on its return, cut out the materialscarfed by the spur-cutters in the first movement, and, on such return,the carriage E being moved forward, the spur-cutters' cut stilldeepen-and again, on its return to the rignhthe front cutter will removethe wood between the scarfs, and so continuing, each cutter t' will, inits'turn, fed forward by the movement of the carriage, cut away the woodfrom before it, and thee-utters are so moved, byjthe application ofpower to thc lover H', in any convenient manner, a single man at thehandle I being suiiicient to cut with great rapidity'. It', however', itbe prcferreth'power may be applic'd to the other arm of the lever, and,by reciprocating movement, work the cutters.

The machine is setin the proper relative position to'the treeto he cut,as seen in iig. l, and thercsecured Vin any convenient manner,-and,`i`or such security, I provide it with rods, L, and other rods, M,to bc 'attached and rmly fixed to` any convenient object near by, Whenso set, operate the cutters to traverse back and forth, so that theadvancingentter 'cuts in the path marked by the spurs in their lastmovement in the vopposite direetion, and the cutters are fed'forwardwith L,the movement of the carriage E, by the turning of the screw I",or otherY convenient equivalent device.- i l Having thusfullydcscribedmy invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is Y i Thovibrating cutter-hcadJ, providedwitlrspnr-cutters,Il l?, and the cutters t'z', and operating sotlnltlnch ofthe cutterst' t' cuts from the path marked by thespni'scuttersvl'l,previously moved in an opposite. direction h y theoscillation oi'l the pivotedlcror II, substantially as specified.

` i A. EDWARDS.

Witnesses: y

A. J. Trnnrrs, y J. H. SHUMWAY.

